Friday morning, garbage day. I had ONE bag in the bin.
I’m reminded of all the other quirky 2nd lives of the wrappers and containers and packages that flow through our existence.

Plastic Grocery bags:

I tie the bag in a knot and put it in another bag.

When it’s full, Trish writes a note: “no more bags, return”. Then we have to look for the barrel for used bags at the store.
During the week we might use a bag or two as a garbage bag in the office or bathroom. We also use the paper bags we get from the coop as garbage bags and hold-the-recycling bags in the kitchen. Think about it. Should I buy a box of white plastic Glad garbage bags? It does come in a non-corrugated box that I can recycle, but it doesn’t bio-degrade and allow the other non-biodegradable items to co-mingle in the dump. Trish did buy some eco-friendly white bags, so we have back-up bags for when the garbage is accumulating faster than we can shop.

The Original Yoda asked "How many times do you wash zip-lock bags before you throw them out?"

Ah-ha, my friend, I'm glad you asked. The answer is until I get sick of doing it or buy tortillas with a zipper bag. Another of my new year's resolutions: try 12 types of tortillas.

However, we also have the special green produce bags. They 'breathe'. They supposedly slow the loss of produce in our fridge. Several tests have been done showing other results than those advertised. Here's the wiki on Debbie Meyer's Green Bags.

We have the wooden dowel bag dryer, and I find I can dry about 4 bags at a time. If I ignore the dirty bags, the sink will hold about 10.

When we went to the alternative gift fair at the Capital Theater we met a lady who weaves old plastic bags into other bags... and hats... and things. She'd be happy to take our cast-offs, if they were an unusual color... green maybe.

And Ruby Reusable made great use of the polka-dotted Wonderbread bags for a whole series of sculptures.

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